Delium: The Battle Only One Man Wanted–Part I
by Victor Davis Hanson Military History Quarterly [Delium will appear this week in a five part series: 1)The Battle, 2) The Aftermath, 3) Armor and Ranks, 4) Innovation and the Battlefield, 5) Coalition Warfare]
The Truth about Torture
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., recently proposed an amendment to a defense appropriations bill in an attempt to plug loopholes in already existing anti-torture laws. The amendment, which President Bush opposes, is a good idea for America — but not necessarily for the reasons cited by most critics of […]
A Moral War
The project in Iraq can succeed, and leave its critics scrambling. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Almost everything that is now written about Iraq rings not quite right: It was a “blunder”; there should have been far more troops there; the country must be trisected; we must abide by a timetable and leave […]
Terrorists and Tyrants
Rethinking why we are at war in the Middle East by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services As American casualties mount in Iraq, politicians at home now fight over who said what and when about weapons of mass destruction and the need for going to war.
The Crying Game
so near in Iraq, so far at home. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online “The president misled us.” “Still no WMDs.” “If I had only known then what I do now…”
A Time for Real Indians
This Thanksgiving shake off false notions of the nobel savage. by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers Thanksgiving Day is perhaps our favorite time to indulge our collective idealizations of the past.
Riots in France
What the U.S. needs to learn from poor immigration policy. by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services If the controlled French economy grew at a rate comparable to America’s, then most of the rioting youths of the Paris suburbs would probably have otherwise been too tired to participate after coming home from work.
War & Reconstruction
For Bush’s critics, even hindsight is cloudy. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online This is the mantra of the extreme Left: “Bush lied, thousands died.” A softer version from politicians now often follows: “If I knew then what I know now, I would never have supported the war.”
Heaven on Earth
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services In Paris last week, the smoke of riot and fire arose from a West Bank-style intifada of angry Muslim youths. The ports of Spain were shut down by a fishermen’s blockade. Hostage ships were freed only after the irate blockaders won more government fuel subsidies.
The Iraqi War and All with VDH
An interview by Frontpage Magazine Private Papers Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Victor Davis Hanson, director emeritus of the classics program at California State University, Fresno, and currently a classicist and military historian at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He is the author of The Western Way of War, The Wars of the Ancient Greeks, The Soul of […]
All the Wrong Reasons
Zawahiri’s democracy may be just what the Persian President needs. by Raymond Ibrahim Private Papers Iran and the U.S., who may otherwise be on a collision-course, share one common goal: promoting democracy in Iraq.
Moving On
Rhetoric at war with reality. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Recently George Bush met hostile crowds and a critical press during a 34-nation Summit of the Americas.
Multiculturalism and Its Discontents
by Bruce S. Thornton The New Individualist This copyrighted article first appeared in the July 2005 issue of The New Individualist [http://www.objectivistcenter.org/navigator/index.asp], and is reprinted by permission.
Reconsidering Farm Policy
Why the government should stop subsidizing agri-business. by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services The European Union says it’s now considering reducing agricultural subsidies for farmers (if the United States does as well), and our government, to its credit, is calling the E.U.’s bluff. The U.S. has proposed cutting farm subsidies here by 60 percent […]
Old is “New” Warfare
Iraq conflict shares uncanny likenesses with the Peloponnesian War by Victor Davis Hanson National Post Listen to what the talking heads are saying, and it’s easy to believe that we have entered an entirely new era of armed conflict.
The Real Global Virus
The plague of Islamism keeps on spreading. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online Either the jihadists really are crazy or they apparently think that they have a shot at destabilizing, or at least winning concessions from, the United States, Europe, India, and Russia all at once.
If the Problem Is Muslim Terror, Then What?
We need to get serious about keeping our enemies out. by Victor Davis Hanson City Journal In September, federal prosecutors charged illegal alien Mahmoud Maawad, 29, with wire fraud and fraudulent use of a Social Security number.
Symposium on Iraq
Why our new idealism is enlightened Jacksonianism. by Victor Davis Hanson Commentary Magazine According to opinion polls, most Americans are now critical of the President’s foreign policy. They are uncertain not merely over the daily fare of explosions in Iraq.
Our Damocles’ Sword
Godless materialism menaces the fate of the West. by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers The past week Muslim mobs besieged Christians in Egypt, defacing six churches and threatening publicly the Coptic Church’s highest cleric.
Moralizing in Their Sleep
Why U.S. critics turn a blind eye to atrocities by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services To paraphrase the Ancient Greeks, it is easy to be moral in your sleep. Abstract ethics or soapbox lectures demanding superhuman perfection mean little without deeds.